This is a gem of an album. I would compare the music of Shack to an intelligent and musically more adventious Oasis. The songs on this album mainly deal with the lead singer (Michael Head)and his struggles with heroin addiction. The music is not gloomy however, at times itis positively joyous. ... Read review
H.M.S. Fable is an album that seemed to fall out of a clear blue sky. It seemed ... more
astonishing to learn that Shack were still going--though they'd surfaced briefly in 1995, they were widely assumed to have completely disappeared sometime in the dying days...
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H.M.S. Fableis an album that seemed to fall out of a clear blue sky. It seemed astonishing ... more
to learn that Shack were still going--though they'd surfaced briefly in 1995, they were widely assumed to have completely disappeared sometime in the dying days of the 1980s. After a few plays ofH.M.S. Fable, it seemed more astonishing still that everyone had forgotten what they were capable of. Shack, who appeared doomed to skulk through posterity as one of those ghostly never-were bands that are more talked about than listened to, had ignored the script.H.M.S. Fablecommanded, and was granted, centre stage. Of course, it probably helped matters for the elusive Liverpudlians that Oasis had become the biggest band in Britain pretty much by doing Shack's act, though not quite as well. IfH.M.S. Fableis any one thing, it's the album Oasis like to think they've been making. Shack lift from the same sources (the Beatles, mostly) but have the wit to do more than just giving the heisted riffs a quick respray before selling them on. Shack have taken it apart and put it together again in a way that suits them: in terms of pop guitar balladry, this album reinvents the wheel. That Michael Head sings like an angel with a hangover doesn't hurt.--Andrew Mueller
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This is a gem of an album. I would compare the music of Shack to an intelligent and musically more adventious Oasis. The songs on this album mainly deal with the lead singer (Michael Head)and his struggles with heroin addiction. The music is not gloomy however, at times itis positively joyous. This is especially true of the songs 'Natalie's Party' and 'Lend some dough' contrast is provided by more folky tunes such as the timeless 'Streets of Kenny'which ... ...streets of his native Liverpool. This album is humorous and reflective without ever becoming self absorbed. The songs are often deceptively complex. In short this is a mini-classic and I would urge everybody to by it before the (incomprehensible) low sales mean that it is deleted.
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This is a gem of an album. I would compare the music of Shack to an intelligent and musically more adventious Oasis. The songs on this album mainly deal with the lead singer (Michael Head)and his struggles with heroin addiction. The music is not gloomy however, at times itis positively joyous. This is especially true of the songs 'Natalie's Party' and 'Lend some dough' contrast is provided by more folky tunes such as the timeless 'Streets of Kenny'which tells of the singer's attempts to find Heroin on the streets of his native Liverpool. This album is humorous and reflective without ever becoming self absorbed. The songs are often deceptively complex. In short this is a mini-classic and I would urge everybody to by it before the (incomprehensible) low sales mean that it is deleted.
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